This paper investigates the effect of shareholder protection on analysts’ performance. The important corporate governance role analysts can play by monitoring management has largely been ignored in the literature. Using a newly constructed index, we are for the first time able to analyse how...

The main objectives of the project have been the development of a measuring methodology and the set-up of a test facility to evaluate the tribo-thermomechanical behaviour of the tool-workpiece system in sheet metal hot stamping. To reach these objectives all relevant aspects concerning hot...

The recent past has seen robots develop into autonomous artificial agents capable of executing complex tasks. In the near future, robots will likely develop the ability to adapt and learn from their surroundings. Robots have self-reliance, accuracy, and can operate in hostile environments - all...